Why fighting corporate power is critical There are turbulent times ahead, and we can't avoid global crisis. By this point, we should all know who's to blame Salon · Sep 29, 2024
A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them killed? We should be celebrating the revival of the bluefin tuna – but a ravenous fishing industry is already licking its lips, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024
More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
A carbon tax to clip the wings of frequent flyers Letters: Guardian readers respond to George Monbiot’s piece on carbon emissions and environmental policy The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024
Out of 1,500 global climate policies, only 63 have really worked. That’s where green spin has got us Grand schemes, many backed by governments, masquerade as positive action on the environment. They should be disowned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024
These 21st-century demagogues aren’t mavericks – they’ve repeated on us throughout history We are nonplussed every time one emerges – but there are patterns that are totally predictable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024
Charley says … the climate is right for green public information films Letters: Charles Harris and Elliot Lane applaud the idea of reviving the public safety film format to galvanise climate action The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024
Dear ministers, I am a climate crisis campaigner: nationalise me right now Why have politicians outsourced the most important issue of our time to private agencies and individuals? We can’t do it all, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
The livestock lobby is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’. This is why we can’t let them win These new proteins could be our best hope of averting catastrophe. But governments are trying to have them banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024
Governments’ anti-immigration rhetoric fuelled the rise of the far right Letters: Both Conservatives and Labour systematically created a hostile environment, writes Neil MacMaster. Also letters from Jabeer Butt, Paddy Eckersley and Margot Crookshank The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
‘Two-tier justice’ in Britain is real – but it’s not what the right says it is Compare the rioters’ prison sentences with those of Just Stop Oil. How can our justice system claim to be blind, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
These riots are more than thuggery: they’re the outcome of 14 years of Tory race-baiting Because the Conservatives had nothing to offer the people of the UK, they sought to refocus our attention on scapegoats, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024
Who is brave enough to back Brazil’s global tax on billionaires? The answer will define our future It would raise $250bn to help offset some of the damage the super-rich cause. Yet they’ll do everything to stop it in its tracks, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024
They’re ultra-rich – but does it really make them happy? Letters: Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot on the deadening effect of extreme wealth on those who have it, and how that affects all of us The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024 Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024 A record sentence for a Zoom call, arrests for those holding signs outside. This is a blight on British democracy The right to protest is the wellspring of democracy – that’s why Labour must repeal the Tories’ draconian laws, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024 When making money doesn’t generate wealth Letters: Alan Wenban-Smith on the intersection between wealth creation and making money and Jennifer Highwood on politicians buying seats
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024 Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard The focus on growth to ease the UK’s economic ills will not be nearly enough, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024 Europe needs a rethink on Russia and Nato’s role Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article calling for European rearmament to face Russia and a potential Donald Trump presidency
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything A Putin-friendly president would pose a grave danger to Europe. Like it or not, this calls for greater defence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024 If the Labour party won’t be the great leveller, what will? Letters: Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot about the firm grip that oligarchs have on democracies
The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024 Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies If we want the kind of fair, functioning state Britain saw post-1945, we need to take on the economic powers that wrecked it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024 George Monbiot’s outrage about the RSPCA is misplaced Letters: Sushila Dhall says the Guardian writer’s criticism of the RSPCA Assured scheme is unfair. However, Molly Sendall says Chris Packham should resign as the charity’s president
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024 How Britain’s oldest animal welfare charity became a byword for cruelty on an industrial scale As it celebrates 200 years, the RSPCA is helping endorse indefensible abuse in factory farms, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024 The case for and against a vote for the Green party Letters: A large increase in the Greens’ vote share will make other politicians wake up, writes Cherry Waters. Plus letters from Dave Walker, Daniel Wimberley, John Searby, Tim Rickard and George Carnarvon